Yes, but I read on a Winimage forum that the drives don't show up unless you have Administrator access on WinXP and Windows 7... If anybody finds something different, I'm willing to try anything. Let me know.

That's correct. In order to write the SD card (at least in Win7), you have to right-click Winimage and select 'Run as Administrator'.

A few apps can only be found in the Android Market or other sites require you have a phone to access them. Sometimes you have to hunt and peck for the .apk file using Google and hope someone posted a link to it somewhere.

A few apps can only be found in the Android Market or other sites require you have a phone to access them. Sometimes you have to hunt and peck for the .apk file using Google and hope someone posted a link to it somewhere.

Thanks. I found apk downloads for angry birds and kindle on the nookdev website. I'll just try those as a start. Well, I haven't really rooted my NC yet. I've been reading and trying to understand all the instructions but still nervous to make the plunge since I've never rooted any device before. It was also reported in xda-developer site that the rooting affects the ability for the NC to "read in store" so I'm still a little on the fence. I might cave at anytime seeing all the cool apps on the NC.

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So, one thing I noticed is my 16 gig micro SD card is now only 40 MB since I loaded that image on it. Formatting doesn't get back the rest of the space. Any idea how to fix this?

You have to remove the Nooter partition.

On a Mac there's no option within the Disk Utility to remove partitions. Instead I have to select "Partition" choosing "1" as the number of partitions needed. In effect, this deletes the Nooter volume and allocates the entire disk capacity to one partition/volume. Now when I mount the sd card it shows as Untiitled1 (available space 1.9 GB) instead of Nooter.

I have some basic (dumb) questions about the NC when rooted. (Currently I'm just looking & don't have an NC.)

Does the B&N purchase/DL still work th same?

Does the sync with other devices still work?

Do you need Nook for Android to read books?

I've seen comments about Kindle for Android. Are there other ebook readers that you've tried? E.g. Aldika, FBReader, ereader, PalmBook?

Does the dictionary still work (if you use the B&N reader)?

Have you compared browsing speed with other mobile devices? If so, how do they compare?

Thanks for the help.

You don't lose any of the B&N eReader experience. All the functionality is there (dictionary, sync, shop, library). All of the original apps are still there. You do lose the "browse in store" feature. If you're in a B&N store you won't be able to read books for up to 1 hour.

I find the browsing experience with another browser (Dolphin Browser HD) to be comparable to other mobile devices. Dolphin gives you pinch to zoom, tabs, other goodies.

I've only tried Kindle for Android on the device. I haven't installed the others you mention.